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07-12-2011, 12:02 AM
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Silly queation
How in the world do you measure a driveshaft?
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07-12-2011, 12:21 AM
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Re: Silly queation
You don't know, so its not silly. Measure center to center of the front/rear joints. If you have a slip yoke, IMO, you want about 2/3's to 3/4 engagement of the slip on the trans output.
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07-12-2011, 12:56 AM
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Re: Silly queation
If youre having one custom made ask the builder....with the suspension loaded take youre measurements ............ usually center u joint to center u joint .... last one i had done was end to end ..everyone is different
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07-12-2011, 01:00 AM
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Re: Silly queation
http://www.dennysdriveshaft.com/how_to_measure.html
I printed this out, and filled it in when I had a driveshaft made locally...the driveshaft dude was appreciative. |
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07-12-2011, 07:52 AM
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Re: Silly queation
How much of the nose of the drive shaft should enter my trans... Does it make a defference on length since it's a manual trans and not an auto
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07-12-2011, 08:32 PM
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Re: Silly queation
I don't remember how much went in, because I don't remember how long the shaft is, but I've enclosed a pic of my old shaft, in the old 3spd...it looks like 1 1/8" of shaft sticks out, with weight on the suspension. My new driveshaft, in my new trans has about the same ammount of shaft sticking out.
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07-12-2011, 09:13 PM
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Re: Silly queation
My driveshaft shop has me bottom the yoke into the trans then back it out 3/4 of an inch. Then measure center to center of the u joints for length.
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